Following
this short introduction, you will find a "Proposal
For Change". Print it, discuss it, work on it, and then allow Skateghost
to share your work with the rest of the interested countrywide membership.

The
most logical place to start when change is desired is with the controlling entity.
In our case, that is "our" Board of Directors. We have a long way
to go to reverse the mistakes of the past thirty plus years, and each successful
long journey begins with a single step.

The
USARS Board is in essence the "Governing Body" of competitive roller
sports in this Country. They decide which way this sport moves. Now is the time
for US to decide who serves on this most important board. In recent years,
the United States Olympic Committee forced roller sports to end the process
by which members of the Board were "appointed" by what was a self-perpetuating
Board!

Implementation
of an election procedure was forced, but the election process set up by USARS
needs revision. How many of you out there know that you can elect a board member,
and exactly how that is done?

Well,
here is a plan that was submitted by one of our visitors that will accomplish
all of the following:

A complete
reorganization of the Board of Directors.

Make the Board
directly accountable to the people they represent for the first time in
the history of this sport.

Simplify the
election procedure.

Allow direct
influence over the decision making processes by the full membership - by
ALL the people most affected by them.

We
don't want anyone to misunderstand that there are some very dedicated, knowledgeable
and sincere individuals currently serving on the Board. In an open, re-organized
Board as outlined below, many of these people could be re-elected to remain
on this body, with everyone's thanks. Some perhaps would not. But it is time
to bring this process back to the people it directly effects, the Operators,
Skaters, Coaches, Officials, and Families who have made and are making such
an investment in time, effort and money.

Remember
the phrase, "We the people"?
Well, in this sport, WE are the
people, and it is time for the people to make their voices heard and to ACT.I hconsider
this most carefully

PLEASE
NOTE:The "Original" composition
of the "Proposal For Change" has prompted several visitors to write
in with questions on specific points or to make comments on specific aspects
of the proposal. The Author of the plan who chose the nickname "Ghostette"
had requested that any questions and/or comments be forwarded to him/her in
the blind, which I did. If you've read and understood the original document
but have not yet read the answers, updates and clarifications click on the second
link to go directly to those clarifications. If this is your first time viewing
the plan PLEASE read the entire proposal.